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(Amendment  2   to 

B.A.I.  Order  157.)  ^DEPOSITORY 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


AMENDMENT   2   TO   RULE   6,  REVISION  2.— TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD 

OF  FOOT-AND-MOUTH  DISEASE  IN  CATTLE,  SHEEP,  OTHER 

RUMINANTS,  AND  SWINE. 


Effective  on  and  after  March  26,  1909. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and 
notice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  contagious  and  communicable  disease 
known  as  foot-and-mouth  disease  is  not  now  known  to  exist  among  the 
live  stock  in  certain  areas  in  the  States  of  Pennsylvania  and  New  York 
which  were  quarantined  by  Rule  6,  Revision  2,  dated  February  24, 
1909,  effective  on  and  after  February  25,  1909. 

Now,  therefore,  I,  James  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
do  hereby  remove  and  revoke  the  quarantine  placed  by  Rule  6,  Revi- 
sion 2,  upon  the  following  areas,  to  wit: 

NEW7    YORK. 

The  towns  of  Newstead,  Clarence,  Amherst,  Tonawanda,  Buffalo, 
Cheektowaga,  Lancaster,  Alden,  West  Seneca,  and  Grand  Island,  in 
Erie  County. 

The  towns  of  Byron,  Bergen,  Alabama,  Pembroke,  and  Darien,  in 
Genesee  County. 

The  towns  of  Greece,  Parma,  Hamlin,  Clarkson,  Sweden,  and  Ogden, 
in  Monroe  County. 

All  of  Niagara  County. 

The  towns  of  Clarendon,  Shelby,  Carlton,  Gaines,  Kendall,  and  Mur- 
ray, in  Orleans  County. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

The  entire  county  of  Philadelphia,  including  the  city  of  Philadelphia. 
The  township  of  Hereford,  in  Berks  County. 

The  townships  of  Milford,  Richland,  and  Springfield,  and  the  boroughs 
included  therein,  in  Bucks  County. 

The  townships  of  Marion  and  Walker,  in  Center  County. 


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The  townships  of  Pine  Creek,  Dunstable,  Woodward,  Allison,  Bald 
Eagle,  Porter,  Lamar,  Castanea,  and  Wayne,  the  boroughs  of  Mill  Hall 
and  Flemington,  and  the  city  of  Lock  Haven,  in  Clinton  County. 

The  townships  of  Hemlock  and  Montour,  in  Columbia  County. 

The  townships  of  Upper  Paxton  and  Halifax,  and  the  boroughs 
included  therein,  in  Dauphin  County. 

The  townships  of  East  Whiteland,  Tredyffrin,  East  Town,  W7illistown, 
East  Goshen,  West  Town,  Thornbury,  and  Birmingham,  and  the 
boroughs  and  cities  included  therein,  in  Chester  County. 

That  portion  of  Juniata  County  lying  north  and  east  of  the  Juniata 
River. 

All  of  Lehigh  County. 

The  city  of  Williamsport,  in  Lycoming  County. 

The  townships  of  Upper  Hanover,  Skippack,  Towamensing,  Upper 
Gwynedd,  Lower  Gwynedd,  Whitepain,  Worcester,  Lower  Providence, 
Upper  Merion,  Norriton,  Plymouth,  Upper  Dublin,  White  Marsh,  Lower 
Merion,  and  Springfield,  and  all  boroughs  and  cities  included  therein, 
and  also  that  portion  of  the  borough  of  Lansdale  lying  in  Hatfield 
Township,  in  Montgomery  County. 

The  townships  of  Anthony,  Limestone,  Valley,  WTest  Hemlock, 
Cooper,  Mahoning,  and  Mayberry,  and  the  borough  of  Danville,  in 
Montour  County. 

The  township  of  Lower  Saucon,  and  the  boroughs  of  South  Bethle- 
hem and  Hallertown,  in  Northampton  County. 

The  townships  of  Delaware,  Lewis,  Turbut,  West  Chillisquaque. 
East  Chillisquaque,  Point,  Upper  Augusta,  Gearhart,  Rush,  Ralpho, 
Shamokin,  and  Rockefeller,  and  the  boroughs  and  cities  included 
therein,  in  Northumberland  County. 

All  of  Snyder  County. 

All  of  Union  County. 

The  townships  of  Codorus  and  Manheim,  and  the  boroughs  included 
therein,  in  York  County. 

The  townships  of  Radnor,  New  Town,  Marple.  Haverford,  Edgmont, 
Upper  Providence,  Thornbury,  Middletown,  Birmingham,  Concord,  and 
Aston,  and  the  borough  of  Media,  in  Delaware  County. 

The  borough  of  Glen  Olden,  in  Delaware  County,  and  the  town- 
ships of  East  Donegal,  Rapho,  Penn,  Warwick,  West  Earl,  Upper  Lea- 
cock,  Leacock,  East  Lampeter,  Manheim,  East  Hempfield,  West  Hemp- 
field,  Manor,  Lancaster,  Pequea,  West  Lampeter,  Strasburg,  Provi- 
dence, Conestoga,  Martic,  Drumore,  and  the  boroughs  and  the  city  of 
Lancaster  included  therein,  in  Lancaster  County,  will  remain  under 
the  quarantine  for  foot-and-mouth  disease  imposed  by  Rule  6,  Revision 
2,  and  amendments  thereto,  until  further  notice. 

Paragraphs  1,  2,  3,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  and  13,  of  Rule  6,  Revision  2, 
are  hereby  amended  accordingly. 

The  effect  of  this  amendment  is  to  release  from  the  quarantine  for  foot- 
and-mouth  disease  the  entire  State  of  New  York,  and  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania excepting  the  borough  of  Glen  Olden,  in  Delaware  County, 
and  the  townships  of  East  Donegal,  Rapho,  Penn,  Warwick,  West  Earl, 


Upper  Leacock,  Leacock,  East  Lampeter,  Manheim,  East  Hempfield, 
West  Hempfield,  Matior,  Lancaster,  Pequea,  West  Lampeter,  Strasburg, 
Providence,  Conestoga,  Martic,  Drumore,  and  the  boroughs  and  .the 
city  of  Lancaster  included  therein,  in  Lancaster  County. 

This  amendment  is  effective  on  and  after  March  26,  1909,  and  is  sub- 
ject to  amendment  or  revision  on  statutory  notice. 

Done    at  Washington    this  twenty-second  day 
of  March,  1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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